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INDEX AND GLOSSARY 



Geraniaceae, 373. 



Geranium, 17, 287, 298, 301, 373, Figs. 



470, 472; chlorophyll, 83; cuttings, 23, 



25, 26, Figs. 33, 38, 39; family, 373; 



inflorescence, Fig. 195; and light, 43; 



starch in, 86. 

 Germander, 402. 

 Germination, 70, 171, 172. 

 Geum, 386. 

 Gherkin, 251. 

 Gilliflower, 366. 

 Gill-over-the-ground, 403. 

 Ginger, 18. 

 Ginger, wild, 99, 349. 

 Glabrous: not hairy. 

 Gladiolus, 34, 35, 339, Figs. 54, 499. 

 Glandular, 298. 

 Glaucous: covered with a "bloom" or a 



whitish substance. 

 Gleditschia, 381. 

 Globe-flower, 390. 

 Globoid inclusions, 275. 

 Glomerule: dense head-like cyme, (257). 

 Gloxinia, leaf-cuttings, 21. 

 Glucose, 85, 271, 272. 

 Glucoside, 271. 

 Glume, 152. 

 Gnaphalium, 444. 

 Goat's-beard, 434. 

 Golden bell, 61. 



Goldenrod, 3, 150, 232, 233, 442. 

 Goober, 141, 251. 

 Gooseberry, 160, 395. 

 Goose-grass, 426. 

 Gourd, 251; collenchyma, 280. 

 Graft: a branch or bud made to grow 



on another plant, 27, (60), Figs. 32, 



42-44. 

 Grafting-wax, 29. 

 Grape, 282; cane, Fig. 460; crystals, 275, 



276; cuttings, 23, 26; fruit, 160, Fig. 



176; hyacinth, 331; leaves, 100; root, 



Fig. 467; sugar, 272; tendrils, 114, 117, 



Fig. 176; sap-pressure, 74; sympode. 



Fig. 180. 

 Grass, 17, 231, 232, 249; flowers, 151; 



blue-eyed, 338; leaf, Fig. 150; family, 



152; pink, 342. 

 Grasses, 285; leaves of, 98, 102; phyllo- 



taxy, 49; pollination, 138; roots of, 7; 



starch, 274. 

 Grass of Parnassus, 394. 

 Gratiola, 407. 

 Greek valerian, 417. 

 Greenbrier, tendril, 115; stem, 285. 

 Gromwell, 414. 

 Ground cherry, 409. 

 Ground ivy, 403. 

 Ground-nut, 385. 

 Guinea squash, 410. 

 Gum-resin, 271, 273. 



Gymnosperm: seed naked (not in an 

 ovary); applied to pines, spruces, etc., 

 (326), 324. 



Habenaria, 341. 



Habitat: particular place in which a plant 



grows, (355). 

 Habit: the looks, appearance, general 



style of growth, (36). 

 Hackberry, 347. 

 Hair-grass, 170. 

 Hairs, 298. 



Halophytic societies, 228. 

 Harbinger of spring, 399. 

 Hardhack, 392. 

 Hardwood cutting, 26. 

 Harebell, 430. 

 Haustoria, 91, Fig. 137. 

 Hawkweed, 244, 436. 

 Hawthorn, 108, 392; -pear graft, 27. 

 Hazel, 138. 



Head of tree, form of, 65. 

 Head: short, dense spike, (251), Figs. 



187, 188, 197. 

 Heart-seed, 376. 

 Heart's-ease, 369. 

 Heath, 93; family, 423. 

 Hedeoma, 401. 



Hedera helix, 277, 287, 300, Fig. 468. 

 Hedge hyssop, 407. 

 Helianthus, 439. 



Heliotrope, 413. Heliotropium, 413. 

 Heliotropism: turning toward the light, 



(101). 

 Hematoxylin, 266, 303. 

 Hemerocallis, 331. 

 Hemlock, 213, 271, Fig. 484; poison, 247; 



water, 247. 

 Hemp, 249, 251, 348. 

 Henna root, 273. 

 Hepatica, 156, 233, 356. 

 Herb, 3. 

 Herbaceous: not woody, (11); perennial, 



3. 

 Herbarium, 311, Fig. 478. 

 Herb Robert, 374. 

 Herbicides, 246. 

 Heredity, 239. 

 Hetercecism, 192. 

 Hibiscus, 62, Fig. 152. 

 Hickory, 50, 155; bud, 39, 111, Figs. 63, 



64, 87; inflorescence, 121; leaf-scars, 37; 



monoecious, 138. 

 Hieracium, 436. 

 Hilum, or seed-scar, 171. 

 Hip: fruit of the rose, (323), Fig. 292. 

 Hobblebush, 429. 

 Hog-peanut, 140, Fig. 238. 

 Hollyhock, 4, 372; flower, 136, 147, 



148, 153, Figs. 222, 223, 263; cells. 



265. 



